Seminar series is held on Wednesdays at 12 p.m. in CL-1103 |
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| Date | Speaker |
| Aug 27 | Mitch Shivers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "A Novel Model of Sustained Hypertension Using an AngII Adeno-Associated Virus" |
| Sept 3 | Zach Brown, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Cell specific role of PBK in pulmonary hypertension" |
| Sept 10 | Ta Yuan Chang , PhD, Professor, and Catherine C. Chang, PhD, Principal Research Scientist Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH Hosts: Ruth Caldwell, PhD, and Modesto Rojas, MD Title: 鈥�Acyl-CoA: Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1 (ACAT1): Cell Biology, Biochemistry, and Medical Physiology鈥� |
| Sept 17 | Manuel F. Navedo-Morales, PhD Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, CA Host: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "Sugar Rush: How Pannexin 1 Channels Orchestrate Arterial Dysfunction in Diabetic Hyperglycemia" |
| Sept 24 | Jianyi Jay Zhang, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL Host: Yaoliang Tang, PhD Title: "Heart Regeneration and Graft Associate Arrythmia in Large Mammals" |
| Oct 1 | Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Oct 8 | Edward A. Fisher, MD, PhD Center Director of Translational Research, NYU Langone Health, Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Professor, Department of Cell Biology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY Host: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Oct 15 | Ishara M.G. Menik, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Oct 22 | Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Oct 29 Defense |
Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Nov 5 | Yabing Chen, PhD Prefessor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR Host: Xiaochun Long, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Nov 12 | Candee Barris, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Nov 19 | Zhiyongn Lin, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Host: Jie Li, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Nov 26 | No Seminar Happy Thanksgiving! |
| Dec 3 | Chang Min Lee, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Jie Li PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Dec 10 | Weijia Luo, PhD Assistant Professor, Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia Title: "TBA" |
| Dec 17 | Cody Bridgewater, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Stepp, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Dec 24 | No Seminar Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! |
SPRING 2025
| Date | Speaker |
| Aug 28 | Nigel Mackman, PhD John C. Parker Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Host: Rudolf Lucas, PhD Title: "Mechanisms of cancer-associated thrombosis and bleeding: focus on tissue factor-positive extracellular vesicles" |
| Sept 4 | Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "Myocardin Madness" |
| Sept 11 | Sudhahar Varadarajan, PhD Assistant Professor, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD Title: "Copper Transporter CTR1 as a Disturbed Flow Sensor to Promote Atherosclerosis through Cuproptosis" |
| Sept 12 Thurs Defense | Suhib Alhusban, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Brian Annex, MD Title: "Glucosamine Mediated Hexosamine Biosynthesis Pathway Activation Utilizes ATF4 to Promote 鈥淓xercise-Like鈥� Angiogenesis and Perfusion Recovery in PAD" |
| Sept 18 | No Seminar |
| Sept 25 | Yusra Zaidi, PhD Posdoctoral Fellow, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Brian Stanfield, MD Title: "Neurofibromin: A novel macrophage regulator" |
| Oct 2 |
CANCELED due to Helene Bradford Hill, PhD |
| Oct 9 |
Rescheduled to December 4th due to Helene Stefano Tarantini, PhD |
| Oct 16 | Zach Brown, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Exploring the Mechanistic Roles of PBK in Pulmonary Hypertension" |
| Oct 23 | Michelle Tallquist, PhD Professor of Medicine, Center of Cardiovascular Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI Advisor: Joseph Miano Title: 鈥淔ibroblast Function in Development and Disease鈥� |
| Oct 30 | Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Huabo Su Title: "Role of RBX1-Cullin RING Ubiquitin Ligases in the heart" |
| Nov 6 | Chen Yan, PhD Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY Host: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling in Cardiovascular Diseases: Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Potentials" |
| Nov 12 Tues Defense | 9:00am Seminar WonMo Ahn, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: "Activation of receptor-independent fluid-phase pinocytosis promotes foamy monocyte formation in atherosclerotic mice" |
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Nov 13 Defense |
1:00pm Seminar David Kim, MD/PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Neal Weintraub, MD Title: 鈥淚dentification of human-specific novel long non-coding RNA in neointima formation鈥� |
| Nov 19 Tues | Ralf Brandes, MD Professor of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Franfurt am Main, Germany Host: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD Title: "Novel aspects of redox-control of endothelial metabolism" |
| Nov 27 | No Seminar |
| Dec 4 | Junichi Saito, PhD Postdoctoral Associate, Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele Title: "Interplay between ECM and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells" |
| Dec 11 | Rajat M Gupta, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA Host: Neal Weintraub, MD Title: "Identifying the Shared Genetic Risk Between Rare and Common Vascular Diseases with High-throughput CRISPR screens" |
| Dec 18 | Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Stepp, PhD Title: 鈥淧revention of Sarcopenic Obesity Maintains Angiogenic Capacity in PAD鈥� |
| Dec 25 | NO Seminar |
| Spring 2025 | |
| January 1 | NO Seminar |
| Jan 8 | Mitch Shivers, PhD Student Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Hematopoietic Cell Galectin-3 as a Driver of Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension" |
| Jan 15 | Stefano Tarantini, PhD Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: A nutrigeroscience approach against age-related vascular cognitive impairment" |
| Jan 22 | Canceled |
| Jan 29 | Ishara M.G. Menik, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: 鈥淩ole of Leptin-mediated Activation of Aldosterone-Endothelial Mineralocorticoid Axis in Salt-sensitive Hypertension鈥� |
| Feb 5 | Canceled |
| Feb 12 | Chang Min Lee, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Jie Li, PhD Title: 鈥�The role of ufmylation in endothelium鈥� |
| Feb 19 | POSTPONED Peihang Gan, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: "Posttranscriptional and transcriptional regulation in the heart, what's new?" |
| Feb 26 | Patrick Osei-Owusu, PhD Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, Case WEstern Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH Host: Benard Ogola, PhD Title: "Unraveling the Physiological Relevance of G protein Regulation by RGS Proteins: From a Myocyte Perspective" |
| March 5 | L谩szl贸 Kov谩cs, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical College of Georgia Title: 鈥淣ovel mechanisms of HIV-associated pulmonary vascular disease鈥� |
| Mar 12 | Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: 鈥淗igh-Fat and Sugar-Free: The AgRP-AAV Mouse Model of Obesity鈥� |
| Mar 19 | Stephen Addo, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: "Investigating the role of neutrophil macropinocytosis in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm.鈥� Amritha Sreekumar, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: 鈥�Decoding Aneurysm progression: A spatial transcriptomic analysis of slow and fast progressing AAA鈥� |
| Mar 26 | Stefan Chlopicki, PhD, MD Professor & Director, Department of Pharmacology, Director of Jagielloonian Center for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Host: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: "Heterogenous Mechanisms of Endothelial Dysfunction: Insight From In Vivo Studies" |
| April 1- Tues 11:30am | Bradford Hill, PhD Professor of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine , Louisville, KY Host: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD Title: "Metabolic regulation of myocardial perfusion in the young and aged heart" |
| Apr 2 | NO Seminar |
| Apr 9 | NO Seminar |
| Apr 16 | Khalia Cumming, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Marco Orecchioni, PhD Title: "Olfactory Receptor 2 Signaling Enhances Monocyte and Macrophage Chemotactic Migration in Atherosclerotic Aorta" |
| Apr 23 | NO Seminar |
| Apr 30 | Delphine Okoye, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Benard Ogola, PhD Title: 鈥淪ex differences in vascular remodeling of the carotid ligation mice model鈥� Peter Biggs, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Alexander Verin, PhD Title: 鈥�PKM2 signaling in HDAC7-mediated lung endothelial barrier dysfunction鈥� |
| May 7 | Jun Yoshioka, MD, PhD Medical Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Medicine, New York, NY Host: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "Hyperglycemia impairs cardiac reserve and exercise endurance: a new molecular mechanism" |
| May 14 | Candee Barris, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: 鈥�XX Chromosome Complement Predisposes Females to Obesity-induced, Leptin-mediated Aldosterone Production and Hypertension鈥� |
| May 21 | Akiko Mammoto, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Hosts: Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD, and Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD Title: "Mechanosensitive mechanism of lung vascular regeneration Headshot for use on the seminar announcement and itinerary" |
| May 28 | Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Stepp, PhD Title: "Prevention of Sarcopenic Obesity Maintains Regenerative Capacity in Peripheral Artery Disease鈥� |
| June 4 | Beryl Khakina, PhD student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: 鈥淩ole of HIV viral proteins and African ancestry on neuroinflammation, cognitive impairment and hypertension鈥� |
| June 11 | Megh Meta, MD/PhD student in Molecular Oncology and Immunology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Klaus Ley, PhD Title: "Significant impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms on interferon-纬 and its receptor in human T lymphocytes" |
| June 18 | CANCELED |
| June 25 | Tyler W. Benson, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title:"The Role of Platelet Activation in the Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms" |
| July 2 | Daniel J. Fehrenbach, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title:"ROCKing the Boat: Immune Dysfunction in Hypertension and Heart Failure" |
| 2025-2026 session will begin in August |
FALL 2024
| Date | Speaker |
| Aug 28 | Nigel Mackman, PhD John C. Parker Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Host: Rudolf Lucas, PhD Title: "Mechanisms of cancer-associated thrombosis and bleeding: focus on tissue factor-positive extracellular vesicles" |
| Sept 4 | Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "Myocardin Madness" |
| Sept 11 | Sudhahar Varadarajan, PhD Assistant Professor, Vascular Biology Center Mentor: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD Title: "Copper Transporter CTR1 as a Disturbed Flow Sensor to Promote Atherosclerosis through Cuproptosis" |
| Sept 12 Thurs Defense | Suhib Alhusban, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Brian Annex, MD Title: "Glucosamine Mediated Hexosamine Biosynthesis Pathway Activation Utilizes ATF4 to Promote 鈥淓xercise-Like鈥� Angiogenesis and Perfusion Recovery in PAD" |
| Sept 18 | No Seminar |
| Sept 25 | Yusra Zaidi, PhD Posdoctoral Fellow, Vascular Biology Center Mentor: Brian Stanfield, MD Title: "Neurofibromin: A novel macrophage regulator" |
| Oct 2 |
CANCELED due to Helene Bradford Hill, PhD |
| Oct 9 |
Rescheduled to December 4th due to Helene Stefano Tarantini, PhD |
| Oct 16 | Zach Brown, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Exploring the Mechanistic Roles of PBK in Pulmonary Hypertension" |
| Oct 23 | Michelle Tallquist, PhD Professor of Medicine, Center of Cardiovascular Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI Advisor: Joseph Miano Title: 鈥淔ibroblast Function in Development and Disease鈥� |
| Oct 30 | Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Huabo Su Title: "Role of RBX1-Cullin RING Ubiquitin Ligases in the heart" |
| Nov 6 | Chen Yan, PhD Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY Host: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling in Cardiovascular Diseases: Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Potentials" |
| Nov 12 Tues Defense | 9:00am Seminar WonMo Ahn, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: "Activation of receptor-independent fluid-phase pinocytosis promotes foamy monocyte formation in atherosclerotic mice" |
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Nov 13 Defense |
1:00pm Seminar David Kim, MD/PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Neal Weintraub, MD Title: 鈥淚dentification of human-specific novel long non-coding RNA in neointima formation鈥� |
| Nov 19 Tues | Ralf Brandes, MD Professor of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Franfurt am Main, Germany Host: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD Title: "Novel aspects of redox-control of endothelial metabolism" |
| Nov 27 | No Seminar |
| Dec 4 | Junichi Saito, PhD Postdoctoral Associate, Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele Title: "Interplay between ECM and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells" |
| Dec 11 | Rajat M Gupta, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,Cambridge, MA Host: Neal Weintraub, MD Title: "Identifying the Shared Genetic Risk Between Rare and Common Vascular Diseases with High-throughput CRISPR screens" |
| Dec 18 | Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: David Stepp, PhD Title: 鈥淧revention of Sarcopenic Obesity Maintains Angiogenic Capacity in PAD鈥� |
| Dec 25 | NO Seminar |
| Spring 2025 | |
| January 1 | NO Seminar |
| Jan 8 | Mitch Shivers, PhD Student Vascular Biology Center Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Hematopoietic Cell Galectin-3 as a Driver of Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension" |
| Jan 15 | Stefano Tarantini, PhD Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: A nutrigeroscience approach against age-related vascular cognitive impairment" |
| Jan 22 | Canceled |
| Jan 29 | Ishara M.G. Menik, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: 鈥淩ole of Leptin-mediated Activation of Aldosterone-Endothelial Mineralocorticoid Axis in Salt-sensitive Hypertension鈥� |
| Feb 5 | Canceled |
| Feb 12 | Chang Min Lee, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Jie Li, PhD Title: 鈥�The role of ufmylation in endothelium鈥� |
| Feb 19 | Peihang Gan, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: "Posttranscriptional and transcriptional regulation in the heart, what's new?" |
| Feb 26 | Patrick Osei-Owusu, PhD Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, Case WEstern Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH Host: Benard Ogola, PhD Title: "Unraveling the Physiological Relevance of G protein Regulation by RGS Proteins: From a Myocyte Perspective" |
SPRING 2024
| Date | Speaker |
| January 3 | No Seminar |
| January 10 | Fabrice Dabertrand, PhD, Associate Professor School of Medicine, Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO Host: Eric Belin de Chantem猫le, PhD Title: "Pericyte control of cerebral blood flow in health and small vessel disease" |
| January 17 | Seungwoo Kang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia Title: "The tripartite synapse: roles for gliotransmission in reward-seeking and alcohol use disorder" |
| January 24 | Adil Rasheed, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Title: "Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like Protein): An Immunometabolic Nexus of Cardiovascular Disease" |
| January 31 | Roberto I. Vazquez-Padron, PhD, Professor of Surgery DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Endovascular Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Host: Xiaochun Long, PhD Title: 鈥淲all remodeling in the human vein: Setting things right with single-cell RNA sequencing鈥� |
| February 7 | Hanjoong Jo, PhD, Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Co-Hosts: Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD and Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD Title: "Disturbed Flow-Induced Endothelial Reprogramming (FIRE) in Atherosclerosis鈥� |
| February 14 | Beryl Khakina, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantem猫le, PhD Title: "Effect of Aging on Vascular and Neurocognitive Function in Aged HIV-1 Tg26 Transgenic Mice" Ishara Menik, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantem猫le, PhD Title: 鈥淔emale sex and the Impact of High Dietary Salt Intake in the Development of Endothelial Dysfunction and Hypertension鈥� |
| February 21 | Analia Loria, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Host: Eric Belin de Chantem猫le, PhD Title: 鈥淧renatal fentanyl exposure induces endogenous opioid system (EOS) dysregulation associated with neurogenic hypertension in the adult offspring" |
| February 28 | Balveen Kaur, PhD, Professor of Pathology Georgia Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia Title: "Oncolytic HSV virotherapy for Cancer" |
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March 6 |
Amy Arnold, PhD, Associate Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Co-Hosts: David Stepp, PhD, and David Fulton, PhD Title: 鈥淎ngiotensin-(1-7): A New Approach to Target Cardiometabolic Complications in Obesity鈥� |
| March 13 | Marco Orecchioni, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Title: 鈥淢onocyte and Macrophage Expressing Olfactory Receptors: Key Mediators of Inflammation and Atherosclerosis鈥� |
| March 20 | Peng Yao, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Host: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Translational Control of Cardiac Pathophysiology: When mRNA Meets the Heart" |
| March 27 | Candee Barris, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantem猫le, PhD Title: "XX Chromosome Complement Predisposes Females to Obesity-induced, Leptin-mediated Aldosterone Production and Hypertension鈥� |
| April 3 | Varsha Tandra, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at 黄瓜短视频 Mentor: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Regulation of UFM1 modification from ER dynamics to cardiac homeostasis鈥� |
| April 10 | No Seminar - Spring Break |
| April 17 | CANCELED. No Seminar. Zsuzsanna Bordan's presentation will be rescheduled. |
| April 24 | CANCELED. No Seminar. Jenny (Huanjiao) Zhou, MD, PhD, will be rescheduled. |
| May 1 | CANCELED. No Seminar. Steve Haigh's presentation will be rescheduled. |
| May 6 Monday 11:00am |
Da-Zhi Wang, PhD, Professor of Medicine |
| May 8 | Yu Liu, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX Host: Yao Liang Tang, MD, PhD Title: "The role of H19X in striated muscle development and disorders" |
| May 15 | CANCELED. No Seminar. |
| May 22 | Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Stepp, PhD Title: "Regulation of the MSTN-GAL3-NOX1 Axis Reverses Obesity-Induced Skeletal Muscle Quality Decline Resulting in Improved Glycemic Indices and Ameliorated Outcomes in a Model of Critical Limb-Threatening Ischemia鈥� |
| May 29 | CANCELED. No Seminar. Suhib Alhusban's presentation will be rescheduled. |
| June 5 | Megh Mehta, MD/PhD Candidate in Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College
of Georgia Mentor: Klaus Ley, MD Title: 鈥淚nvestigating sc-eQTLs in immune cells from a CAD patient cohort鈥� |
| June 12 Defense |
Taylor Kress, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantem猫le, PhD Title: "Role of HIV-Derived Proteins Expressed by CD4+ T Lymphocytes and of the Integrase Inhibitor Dolutegravir in the Development of HIV-Associated Cardiometabolic Disorders" |
| July 3 Defense 10:00am |
Zsuzsanna Bordan, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "PDZ-Binding Kinase, a Novel Regulator of Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension" |
| July 11 Defense 9:00am |
Steve Haigh, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton PhD Title: "The Role of Galectin 3 in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension" |
FALL 2023
| Date | Speaker |
| August 16 |
Rafael Czepielewski, PhD, Assistant Professor Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia at 黄瓜短视频 Title: "Organ Outflow Dynamics: Lymphatics Orchestrating Immunity's Symphony" |
| August 23 |
Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD, Professor Division of Endocrinlogy and Metabolism, Department of internal Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA Host: Brian Annex , MD Title: "Exploration of Mechanisms Contributing to Poor Disease Outcomes in Diabetic Peripheral Artery Disease" |
| August 30 |
Qian Ma, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at 黄瓜短视频 Mentor: Yuqing Huo, PhD Title: "De novo purine synthesis in vascular diseases" |
| September 6 | Yanfang 'Peipei' Zhu, PhD, Assistant Professor Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia at 黄瓜短视频 Title: "Epigenetic Regulation of Neutrophil Heterogeneity Against Cancer" |
| September 13 | Sihem Boudina, PhD, Professor of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Host: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulators of Inflammation鈥怰esolution Signaling in Cardiac Repair and Heart Failure" |
| September 20 | Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Joe Miano, PhD Title: "Interrogating Myocardin Regulation and Binding Targets" |
| September 27 | Yun Fang, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine-Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Co-Hosts: Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD and Masuki Ushio-Fukai, PhD Title: "Precision Nanomedicine Targeting Novel Endothelial Mechano-Sensing Mechanisms to Treat Vascular Diseases" |
| October 4 | David Kim, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, MD/PhD student at Medical College of
Georgia Mentor: Neal Weintraub, MD Title: "Novel role of lncRNA in neointima formation in human Saphenous Vein" |
| October 11 | Ganesh Halade, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida Heart Institute, Tampa, FL Host: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulators of Inflammation鈥怰esolution Signaling in Cardiac Repair and Heart Failure" |
| October 18 | Saurabh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Host: David Fulton, PhD Title: "HIV鈥怉ssociated Chronic Widespread Pain: Role of Peripheral Immune Cells" |
| October 25 | Michael Koval, PhD, Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care a Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Host: Rudolf Lucas, PhD Title: "Regulation of vascular function by Pannexin-1" |
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November 1 3:00PM |
Redouane Aherrahrou, PhD, Junior Group Leader Institute for Cardiogenetics, University of Luebeck, Germany/University of Eastern Finland, Finland Host: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Genetic regulation of atherosclerosis-relevant phenotypes and gene expression in human vascular smooth muscle cells" |
| November 8 | Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Expanding the Toolkit for Obesity Research: Murine AAV Models of Obesity" |
| November 15 | Andrew H. Baker, PhD, Professor of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences Head of Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Host: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "Repair and regeneration in the vasculature" |
| November 22 | NO Seminar |
| November 29 | Josue Zambrano-Carracus, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "RBX1-CRLs are essential for perinatal heart development by regulating Hippo-YAP signaling" |
| December 6 | WonMo Ahn, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: G谩bor Cs谩nyi, PhD Title:鈥淢echanisms of foamy monocyte formation in atherosclerosis鈥� |
| December 13 |
Mitch Shivers, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia |
| December 20 |
Cody Rosewater, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia |
| December 27 | NO Seminar |